I want to learn VB.NET. I am an experienced programmer in C, C++ and Java. I know VB 6.0. Which would be best book for me from below?
I made few choices:
I've found you rarely go wrong with the Pro series by Apress.
I don't work for them, so this isn't a shameless plug, but I own many of their series and love them. I would suggest them highly.
However, the Wrox series is pretty nice, and I own a couple of their as well. (In fact I work with one of their previous PHP authors currently, and he highly suggests them.)
I would suggest the Evjen title or goto amazon and search "Pro VB 2008 and the .NET 3.5 platform Troelsen". Either are well written and will help you along your way.
I've always been a big fan of the Murach books by Anne Boehm for getting started in VB. I believe their latest is 'Murach's Visual Basic 2008'.
I've got the previous two (for vb2003 and vb2005) and they were good resources for getting started. I like the format because it has concepts and theory on the left hand page and code samples on the right hand page.
They are not hugely in-depth or for the expert, but they are great for getting started in VB.
are you sure you want to go VB? C# programmers make more money (at least that's what i'm told) and C# is very similar to Java.
That being said, i'm a fan of the Programmer's Reference books
http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Basic-Programmers-Reference-Programmer/dp/0470182628/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244474251&sr=1-4
"Programming Visual Basic 2005: The language" 2005 Edition, Microsoft Press, F. Balena as a good intermediate/advanced book, very well written, takes you through the complicated issues clearly and with examples.